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 1        AN ACT concerning taxation.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.   The  Property Tax Code is amended by adding
 5    Division 4 to Article  11  and  by  adding  Sections  11-130,
 6    11-135,  11-140,  11-145, 11-150, 11-155, 11-160, 11-165, and
 7    11-170 as follows:

 8        (35 ILCS 200/Art. 11, Div. 4 heading new)
 9          DIVISION 4.  REGIONAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES

10        (35 ILCS 200/11-130 new)
11        Sec. 11-130.  Legislative findings.  The General Assembly
12    finds that it is the policy  of  this  State  to  ensure  and
13    encourage  the  availability  of  safe  potable water for our
14    cities, villages, towns, and rural residents and that it  has
15    become   increasingly  difficult  and  cost  prohibitive  for
16    smaller cities, towns, and villages to  construct,  maintain,
17    or operate, to current standards, water treatment facilities.
18    It  is  the  further  finding  of  the  General Assembly that
19    regional treatment facilities capable  of  supplying  several
20    cities, villages, towns, public water districts, public water
21    commissions,  and  rural  water  companies with treated water
22    offer a viable economic  solution  to  this  concern  and  it
23    should   be   the  policy  of  the  State  to  encourage  the
24    construction  and  operation  of  regional  water   treatment
25    facilities  capable  of  providing  treated, potable water to
26    cities, villages, towns, public water districts, public water
27    commissions, and rural water companies, thereby relieving the
28    burden on those entities and their citizens from constructing
29    and maintaining their own individual treatment facilities.
 
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 1        (35 ILCS 200/11-135 new)
 2        Sec. 11-135. Definitions.  For purposes of this  Division
 3    4:
 4        "Department" means the Illinois Department of Revenue.
 5        "Not   for   profit   corporation"   means   an  Illinois
 6    corporation organized and existing under the General Not  For
 7    Profit  Corporation  Act  of  1986  in good standing with the
 8    State  and  having  been  granted   status   as   an   exempt
 9    organization  under  Section  501(c)  of the Internal Revenue
10    Code, or any successor or similar provision of  the  Internal
11    Revenue Code.
12        "Public   water  commission"  means  a  water  commission
13    organized and existing under Division 135 of  Article  11  of
14    the Illinois Municipal Code.
15        "Public  water district" means a water district organized
16    and existing under the Public Water District Act.
17        "Qualifying  water  treatment  facility"  means  a  water
18    treatment  facility  that  is  owned  by  a  not  for  profit
19    corporation whose members consist exclusively of one or  more
20    incorporated  city,  village,  or town of this State, and any
21    number of public water districts, any number of public  water
22    commissions,  or any number of rural water companies and that
23    sells potable water to the corporation's members on a  mutual
24    or cooperative and not for profit basis.
25        "Rural  water company" means a not for profit corporation
26    whose primary purpose is to  own,  maintain,  and  operate  a
27    potable  water  distribution  system  distributing  water  to
28    residences,  farms, or businesses exclusively in the State of
29    Illinois and not otherwise served by any city, village, town,
30    public water district, or public water commission.
31        "Water treatment facility"  means  a  plant  or  facility
32    whose  primary  function is to treat raw water and to produce
33    potable water for distribution, together with all other  real
34    and personal property reasonably necessary to collect, treat,
 
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 1    or distribute the water.

 2        (35 ILCS 200/11-140 new)
 3        Sec.   11-140.    Valuation   policy.   Qualifying  water
 4    treatment  facilities  shall  be  valued  for   purposes   of
 5    computing  the  assessed valuation on the basis of 33 1/3% of
 6    the fair cash value.

 7        (35 ILCS 200/11-145 new)
 8        Sec. 11-145.  Method of valuation  for  qualifying  water
 9    treatment  facilities.  To determine 33 1/3% of the fair cash
10    value of any qualifying water treatment facility in assessing
11    the facility, the Department shall  take  into  consideration
12    the probable net value that could be realized by the owner if
13    the facility were removed and sold at a fair, voluntary sale,
14    giving   due   account   to  the  expense  of  removal,  site
15    restoration, and transportation.   The  net  value  shall  be
16    considered to be 33 1/3% of fair cash value.

17        (35 ILCS 200/11-150 new)
18        Sec.  11-150.   Exclusion  of  for-profit water treatment
19    facilities.  In no event shall the  valuation  set  forth  in
20    this  Division  4  be available to a water treatment facility
21    that sells water "for profit".

22        (35 ILCS 200/11-155 new)
23        Sec. 11-155.   Certification  and  assessment  authority.
24    For tax purposes, a qualifying water treatment facility shall
25    be certified as such by the Director of Natural Resources and
26    shall be assessed by the Department of Revenue.

27        (35 ILCS 200/11-160 new)
28        Sec.   11-160.    Approval  procedure.   Application  for
29    approval as a qualifying water treatment  facility  shall  be
 
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 1    filed  with the Department of Natural Resources in the manner
 2    and form prescribed by the Director  of  National  Resources.
 3    The  application  shall  contain  appropriate  and  available
 4    descriptive  information  concerning  anything  claimed to be
 5    entitled to tax treatment as defined in this Division 4.   If
 6    it  is  found  that  the  facility  meets the definition, the
 7    Director of Natural Resources, or his or her duly  authorized
 8    designee,  shall enter a finding and issue a certificate that
 9    requires  tax  treatment  as  a  qualifying  water  treatment
10    facility.  The effective date of a certificate  shall  be  on
11    January  1  preceding  the date of certification or preceding
12    the  date  construction  or  installation  of  the   facility
13    commences, whichever is later.

14        (35 ILCS 200/11-165 new)
15        Sec. 11-165.  Judicial review; qualifying water treatment
16    facilities.    Any  applicant  or  holder  aggrieved  by  the
17    issuance, refusal to issue, denial, revocation, modification,
18    or restriction  of  a  qualifying  water  treatment  facility
19    certificate   may   appeal  the  finding  and  order  of  the
20    Department of  Natural  Resources  under  the  Administrative
21    Review Law.

22        (35 ILCS 200/11-170 new)
23        Sec.   11-170.   Procedures  for  assessment;  qualifying
24    water  treatment  facilities.   Proceedings for assessment or
25    reassessment of property certified to be a  qualifying  water
26    treatment  facility  shall  be  conducted  in accordance with
27    procedural rules adopted by  the  Department,  in  conformity
28    with this Code.

29        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
30    January 1, 2002.

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